First printed in Stronghold (1998)
All 2 prints
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Vintage Masters (VMA) #101, 2014 (digital)
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Stronghold (STH) #48, 1998
Volrath's Shapeshifter 
Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
As long as the top card of your graveyard is a creature card, this creature has the full text of that card and has the text "
: Discard a card." (This creature has that card's name, mana cost, color, types, abilities, power, and toughness.): Discard a card.
MTGO price: 0.2 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
In the last 30 days 5.1% of Premodern decks played it (30 of 592). Most played in Hermit Druid. In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (5 of 6150). Most played in Aang, at the Crossroads.
Staple
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Premodern staples:
main deck, 4% of decks (#146)
Blue, Creatures, Recursion
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Combos
3 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Thousand-Year Elixir + Volrath's Shapeshifter + Whisper, Blood Liturgist + Xathrid Necromancer
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers…: Pawn of Ulamog + Thousand-Year Elixir + Volrath's Shapeshifter + Whisper, Blood Liturgist
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Rotlung Reanimator + Thousand-Year Elixir + Volrath's Shapeshifter + Whisper, Blood Liturgist
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Not legal
- Modern Not legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Not legal
- Timeless Not legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Not legal
- Premodern Legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Not legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Legal
- Tiny Leaders Legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Not legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Not legal
